‘Development’
putting communal living in danger : As open spaces in
the valley are slowly being encroached, people are
deprived of chances to live communally, to rejuvenate
mentally and to have a safe space when disaster strikes,
by Anish Ghimire (kp 05/05/2024)
Open
Space For Quality Of Life, by Britti Aryal (rn
19/04/2024)
Making
Kathmandu cleaner, greener, healthier, by Saurya
Pandey (18/03/2024)
Nepal
is not a country of villages anymore : New publication
says the rural-urban divide is blurring as the two feed
on each other, by Chaitanya Mishra (nt 26/01/2024)
Save
villages, save Nepal : Time has come to think of viable
ways to lure people back into our villages (kp
19/01/2024)
The
urban village model’s promise : Amid the ever-changing
urban landscape, there is a way to embrace nature and
the warmth of community, by Avani Adhikari (kp
07/01/2024)
Urban
population increases by five per cent: Report (kh
02/01/2024)
Why
Kathmandu is visibly cleaner : Several measures taken
under Mayor Balendra Shah’s directive are starting to
bear fruit, by Arjun Poudel (kp 17/12/2023), What
kind of Kathmandu? For Mayor Shah, crafting an
eco-friendly and equitable melting pot of people and
ideas is a more worthy goal to aspire to (kp
18/12/2023)
Kathmandu:
A vision for a 24/7 metropolis, by Kunga Hyolmo (kh
09/12/2023)
Nepal’s
urban development: How to finance urban climate smart
investment? Nepal’s deficiencies lie in receiving loans,
grants, technical assistance, and other forms of support
to help urban infrastructure investment, by Rudra
Prasad Ghimire (nlt 05/12/2023)
Urbanization,
Investments and Economy, by Ashesh Shrestha (rep
26/11/2023)
Pokhara
metropolis and KOICA sign a deal to establish GVZ
(rep 15/09/2023)
For
a smart and sustainable city : It involves balancing the
needs of people and the environment while maximising
data utilisation and technology, by Rojan Baniya (kp
03/09/2023)
Govt
allocates only Rs 2.4 billion in FY 2023/24 for New Town
Project, by Bhuwan Sharma (rep 20/06/2023)
Livability
of Kathmandu Valley: From Heaven in the past to a
virtual hell now, by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht
20/06/2023)
Urbanisation
And Land Transition In Nepal, by Asmita Khanal (rn
28/04/2023)
Cost
of living in a big city : Unplanned urbanisation and
lack of affordable housing have made Nepal's urban
centres uninhabitable, by Ramesh Kumar (nt
25/11/2022)
Ditch
the hammer, Balen : The goal is to balance the interests
of those involved in these informal trade with
pedestrian comfort (kp 25/10/2022)
Nepal’s
urban population reaches 66 percent : According to the
World Cities Report, 2022 published by UN-Habitat this
month, the urbanization process was found rapidly
increasing in developed countries. Almost 79 percent of
the population resides in urban areas in such countries
(nlt 17/10/2022), Urban population on the rise : Reports
(kh 17/10/2022)
Metropolitan
dreams of Nepal : A prudent and creative spirit should
guide the metropolitan spirit of construction, by
Abhi Subedi (kp 25/09/2022)
Encroachment
of Tukucha rivulet : Disregard of riverine ambience,
by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 20/09/2022)
KMC
demolishing unauthorized structures in Sorakhutte area
(rep 14/09/2022)
KMC
demolishes unauthorized structures at Machhapokhari
(rep 12/09/2022)
KMC
starts removing structures illegal structures built in
Pashupati area (rep 09/09/2022)
Support
KMC regeneration campaign : Shah does not have a strong
political backing hence Kathmandu residents and civil
society should hold him up (ae 08/09/2022)
KMC
urges people to pass house design within 90 days (kh
08/09/2022)
Mayor
Shah’s demolition drive draws cheers, but concerns too :
Small shop and business holders in Kathmandu
Metropolitan City say they were not notified about the
action in advance and they have nowhere to go now,
by Anup Ojha (kp 05/09/2022)
In
a new drive, Kathmandu Metropolitan City is removing
digital hoarding boards : Urban planners and heritage
activists welcome the move, saying visual pollutants
must be cleared to keep the city clean, by Anup Ojha
(kp 01/09/2022)
Demolition
of illegally constructed buildings: A step in the right
direction, by Jiba Raj Pokharel (ht 30/08/2022)
KMC
gives 24-hour ultimatum to vacate Suraj Arcade basement
shops in New Road (kh 29/08/2022)
Kathmandu
Metropolis bulldozes illegal structures in front of
Kathmandu Mall (nlt 24/08/2022), Kathmandu
Metropolitan City intensifies bulldozing illegal
structures : On Wednesday, the KMC bulldozed illegal
structures in front of Kathmandu Mall, RB Complex and
London Pub. The KMC is continuing its drive to clear
illegal structures (nlt 24/08/2022), “KMC
will continue to demolish illegal structures” (kh
25/08/2022), Metropolis
bulldozes Alphabeta's illegal structure (rep
25/08/2022), Mayor
praised for launching demolition drive : City officials
say if all basements are cleared of illegal businesses
then much of the parking problem will be solved, by
Anup Ojha (kp 26/08/2022), On
third day of its demolition drive, KMC clears passport
office basement : After the City vacated the basement
Friday, the office published a notice saying the
basement will be used as a parking lot from Sunday
onwards, by Anup Ojha (kp 27/08/2022), Demolishing
illegally-built structures KMC’s rights: Mayor Balen
(kh 28/08/2022)
Valley
authority’s move to plant saplings on narrow footpaths
draws flak : Development authority aims to ‘beautify’
the city by planting saplings on footpaths. Pedestrians
and urban planners say that doesn’t make sense, by
Anup Ojha (kp 21/08/2022)
Kathmandu:
Confronting to Restore Lost Paradise, by Hari Prasad
Shrestha (kp 28/07/2022)
Squatter
settlements in Kathmandu : The monsoon’s drenched
splendour has its own appeal, but not to squatters. For
them, every monsoon is a nightmare (nlt 16/07/2022)
[in pics]
Increasing
concrete cover in Valley causing more urban floods :
Experts for building infiltrating ponds to avert flood
disasters and recharge groundwater, by Aakriti
Ghimire (kp 20/05/2022)
High-rise
buildings on the rise in Valley (in pics)
(nlt 09/04/2022)
Recommendation
to free 44,000 ropanis of land for new cities in
Kathmandu (rep 25/03/2022)
Where
are Kathmandu’s trees? But trees are important to make a
city livable. Not only do trees make any space
aesthetically pleasing, they also help regulate urban
heat and are great filters for pollutant, by Cilla
Khatry (ae 17/02/2022)
Too
smart for their own good : Creating 'smart'
infrastructure piecemeal will be a waste of our money
and time, by Deepak Thapa (kp 10/02/2022)
An
urban tragedy : Every bit of free space is being used up
to erect concrete structures to accommodate the
ever-growing population (kp 08/02/2022)
Not
all 66 percent urban residents have access to even
minimum urban amenities : Most municipalities formed by
merging erstwhile village development committees are
considered ‘urban’ despite a severe lack of resources
and infrastructure, by Aakriti Ghimire (kp
03/02/2022)
Mini
forests to make Kathmandu more liveable : A new
reforestation method that gives a hopeful new twist to
the term ‘urban jungle’, by Sonia Awale (nt
14/01/2022)
Activists
criticise City for covering Lainchaur ground with
artificial turf : Kathmandu metropolis has tasked Ncell
with developing a ‘park’ on the ground spread over 0.45
hectares from Dairy Development Corporation to Shanti
Vidyagriha Secondary School, by Anup Ojha (kp
14/01/2022)
An
Urge For “Garden City”, by Bhupa P. Dhamala (rn
14/01/2022)
The
Kathmandu We Lost, by Aashish Mishra (rn 20/11/2021)
Urban
encroachment is shrinking Rukum (West)’s popular lake :
Local residents blame authorities for not doing anything
to stop haphazard construction. The local government
says it is coming up with a master plan to conserve the
lake, by Hari Gautam (kp 22/10/2021)
The
Ill-planned Roadside Plantation in Kathmandu (rep
16/09/2021)
Not
just rains, poor urban planning causing flash floods in
Kathmandu : Rampant river encroachment, unmanaged
constructions and bad drainage to blame, experts say,
by Anup Ojha and Shuvam Dhungana (kp 07/09/2021)
hy
cities fail: Urban development lessons for the Kathmandu
Valley, by Avani Adhikari (rec 29/08/2021)
Why
Kathmandu needs a ‘green necklace’, by Nilima Thapa
Shrestha (rec 02/08/2021)
Bus
park removed from Khula Manch (ht 30/06/2021)
Floods
reoccur in Indrawati and Melamchi rivers (kh
23/06/2021)
How
urban design and planning failed cycling in Kathmandu,
by Prashanta Khanal (rec 22/06/2021)Kathmandu
loses its open spaces : This will mean more injuries and
deaths in the next big earthquake, by Tom Robertson
and Nilima Thapa Shrestha (nt 07/05/2021)
Gender
inclusive public spaces : Thoughtful design is the key,
by Niharika Mathema (ht 23/04/2021)
Grants
under People’s Housing Programme areinsufficient, by
Amrita Anmol (kp 11/03/2021)
A
green city is a smart city : Connecting and improving
leafy open spaces would make Kathmandu more liveable,
by Nilima Thapa Shrestha (nt 26/02/2021)
Authorities
still undecided over removal of bus station from Khula
Manch, by Anup Ojha (kp 20/02/2021)
Khula
Manch was closed in 2016 for six months. Plans are
finally afoot to open it : As the City plans to open it
next week, it will reduce traffic snarls during
political protests, and the open area will give people
space to express themselves in a democratic society,
by Anup Ojha (kp 12/02/2021)
Kathmandu
creeps up surrounding mountains : Valley’s urban sprawl
into the watershed depletes aquifers, triggers
landslides, by Mukesh Pokhrel (nt 05/02/2021)
In
its latest reincarnation, the derelict space at Tinkune
has become a volleyball ground : Most of the players are
unemployed youths waiting to migrate for work. They say
the game has become a stress reliever while those who
set up the courts are making an income, by Anup Ojha
(kp 27/01/2021)
'Garden
Of Green Vegetables' Turning Into Concrete Jungle: 30
Percent Farmland Lost To Residential Area In Madhyapur
Thimi Municipality, by Mahima Devkota (rn
01/01/2021)
Conservationists
are not so keen about Kamal Pokhari restoration project
: Kathmandu Metropolitan City is developing the
centuries-old pond as a recreation centre complete with
small artificial ponds at four corners and a fountain at
the centre, by Srizu Bajracharya (kp 28/12/2020)
The
fight for public space : From Morocco’s Jemaa el-Fna to
Nepal’s Tundikhel,people are raising their voices,
by Monalisa Maharjan (kp 27/12/2020)
Getting
Nepal’s urbanization right : Our local and provincial
governments desperately need to ensure better
infrastructure and public service delivery. And this is
where development partners come in, by Bhoj Raj
Poudel (ae 27/11/2020)
Rajbiraj
at risk: Misplanning Nepal’s oldest planned town, by
Anand Aditya and Tula Kant (ht 05/11/2020)
No
Vision for Kathmandu, by Kai Weise (ht 20/09/2020)
Urban
sprawls risk life and property in Valley : With city’s
residents unaware about proper use of land, settlements
have grown even in areas unfit for construction of
houses and roads, by Srizu Bajracharya (kp
30/08/2020)
Social
Welfare Council’s plan to build convention centre in
Bhrikutimandap draws flak from conservationists: Earlier
in June, Kathmandu Metropolitan City had proposed
building a multi-purpose commercial hall in the space,
by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 29/07/2020)
Social
Welfare Council refuses to allow Kathmandu Metropolitan
City to build mega hall in Bhrikutimandap: The council
has been using Bhrikutimandap as exhibition and
convention centres and the property is its chief source
of income, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 07/07/2020)
How
Nepal can make its cities smart: There are benefits of
moving towards smart cities even if it is partial and
applied only to selected services such as traffic and
parking, by Ambika P. Adhikari and Keshav Bhattarai
(rep 28/06/2020)
Kathmandu
plans to build hall at expense of open space in heart of
city: Urban Planners and heritage conservationists
criticise it and say such concrete structures should not
be built on the last remaining open spaces in the city,
by Anup Ojha (kp 19/06/2020)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City fails in its attempts to beautify
traffic islands with flower beds using aeroponic
technology: City had implemented the new technology on
the traffic islands located on New Road and in front of
the City Hall, spending Rs1.4 million donated by Nabil
Bank, by Anup Ojha (kp 05/03/2020)
Wide,
open spaces: The state of public land in Kathmandu,
by Samuel Chhetri (kp 27/02/2020)
Kathmandu:
A city in despair: The Kathmandu Valley Development
Authority is largely responsible for the haphazard
expansion of the roads by destroying settlements and
heritage sites, by Prashanta Khanal (kp 23/02/2020)
Lalitpur
Metropolitan City pilots metric street addressing
system: Under the system, houses are to be given
numbers, and streets names so that navigation becomes
easier, by Anup Ojha (kp 05/02/2020)
Space
and the city: Public open spaces are no longer the
central element of contemporary residential
neighbourhoods in the Kathmandu Valley, by Rajjan
Chitrakar (kp 20/01/2020)
City
officials to clear hoarding boards in a week: City
planners—sceptical of the metropolitan office’s new
announcement—say the new move is just a gimmick, by
Anup Ojha (kp 03/12/2019)
Aesthetic
Aspect Of Metropolis, by Prem Khatry (rn 27/11/2019)
Campaigners
gear up for demonstration to reclaim Tundikhel from
encroachers: Amid government apathy, one of Kathmandu
Valley’s largest open spaces is under threat from
multiple interest groups, by Anup Ojha (kp
08/11/2019), Thousands
expected to join 'Occupy Tundikhel' campaign today,
by Aditi Baral (rep 09/11/2019), Campaigners
launch ‘Occupy Tundikhel’, a movement to reclaim open
spaces from encroachers: An initiative of local
residents, environmentalists and heritage activists, the
campaign sees the presence of prominent figures from
politics to academics and civil society, by Anup
Ojha (kp 10/11/2019), Hundreds
join ‘Occupy Tundikhel’ campaign (ht 10/11/2019), Free
the public space (rep 11/11/2019), Save
public spaces: Saving public spaces will mean providing
fresh air to the public every day and saving lives in
time of emergency (ht 12/11/2019), Heritage
conservationists plant Khari plant to make people
reflect upon Tundikhel’s glorious past: This is the
second week of the three-month-long ‘Occupy Tundikhel’
public campaign to reclaim open spaces from encroachers,
by Anup Ojha (kp 17/11/2019)
Tinkune
‘park’ becomes a new haven for drug users, prostitution
and hooligans: The grass-and-mud embankments built to
shield Xi Jinping from the derelict state of the Tinkune
grounds have allowed illicit activities to flourish,
police and locals say, by Anup Ojha (kp 06/11/2019)
Nepal
is going urban: Federalism has not been able to stop the
major forces of urbanization and globalization, by
Srijana Koirala and Megha Raj Koirala (rep 05/11/2019)
Sustainable
urban development must include flood mitigation plans:
The floods are often too localised, but its effects in
an economic and political centre like Kathmandu can have
widespread consequences, by Madison Wrobley (kp
04/11/2019)
Occupy
Tundikhel hopes to reclaim the public spaces that are
being encroached upon: Hemmed in on all sides,
Tundikhel, which was once nearly four kilometres long,
is a fraction of that size now, by Anup Ojha (kp
03/11/2019), Tundikhel
in its entirety should be open for public use: The
city's open spaces should be given back to the people
(kp 04/11/2019)
Development
of planned towns in the hills fails to gain momentum:
The government had a design to build such towns in 10
places nine years ago. Till date, it has little to show
for work, by Chandra Karki (kp 01/11/2019)
Making
Kathmandu livable: Climate-smart farming is the key,
by Toya Nath Joshi (ht 23/10/2019)
Trees
could save Kathmandu. But can Kathmandu save its trees?
As more trees and open spaces disappear in the name of
urbanisation in the Kathmandu Valley, unwelcome—and
unhealthy—changes are expected to arise, by Marissa
Taylor (kp 31/08/2019)
Kathmandu
Metropolitan City to remove illegal hoarding boards from
next month: The metropolitan city says it is launching
the campaign targeting Visit Nepal 2020, by Anup
Ojha (kp 18/08/2019), Kathmandu
is plastered with hideous hoarding boards and the city
can't do anything about them: Kathmandu Metropolitan
City and Lalitpur Metropolitan City regularly launch
campaigns to remove billboards, but they never end up
executing them, by Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp
20/08/2019), Billboard
jungle: Disorganised placement of outdoor ads has made
the city look ugly (kp 21/08/2019)
Cities
of the future: The final aim of a smart city should be
focused on uplifting the living standards of the
citizens living there (kp 13/08/2019)
Being
optimistic:: All of us living in the valley don’t really
have lofty expectations that would warrant the sort of
investment the KMC seems hell bent on. We could simply
do with better roads, services, and a cleaner city,
by Gunjan Upadhyay (rep 26/07/2019)
What
Kathmandu can be in 2049: This ambitious scenario is
premised upon a youthful political leadership coming of
age in future national and local elections, by Keith
Leslie (kp 25/07/2019)
Issues
On Smart Cities, by Harsha Man Maharjan (rn
06/07/2019)
A
park of our own: Why public spaces matter for a city’s
civic culture, by Shraddha Pokharel (kp 02/06/2019)
Save
the open space: As open spaces continue to shrink and
big houses are blossoming around, there is less chance
of surviving if an earthquake of a big magnitude hits
Kathmandu again, by Sandip Neupane (rep 26/05/2019)
Where
do the children play? The song could be set in
present-day Kathmandu—it would not look out of place,
by Sabin Ninglekhu Limbu (kp 01/05/2019)
Crowded
Kathmandu’s
few remaining open spaces are steadily encroached upon:
Khula Manch housed thousands after 2015 earthquake. Now,
there is space barely for half a dozen families, by
Anup Ojha (kp 26/04/2019), Government
loses
large swathes of land to enchroachers: 66,000 square
metres of seven government offices encroached upon by
individuals for private housing and other purposes,
auditing body says, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
26/04/2019), After
public
outcry, authorities demolish illegal structures: But
people who had rented the sheds built at Khula Manch
paying hefty amounts of money say they have been
left in the lurch, by Anup Ojha (kp 28/04/2019)
Parks
and recreation: The government needs to pay serious
attention to the public parks and urban landscaping,
by Umed Pun (kp 24/03/2019)
Kathmandu
metropolis to review its faulty building code, by
Anup Ojha (kp 16/02/2019)
Four
years after renovation, Ratna Park is filthy once again,
by Alisha Sijapati (kp 11/01/2019)
Making
city livable: Public discourse a must, by Devendra
Nath Gongal (ht 13/11/2018)
Understanding
urban safety: The way cities are designed can prevent or
expand violence against women and men, by Barsha
Chitrakar (kp 04/11/2018)
Urban
development 2.0 : It’s high time city officials woke up
to smell the coffee, by Manish Pokharel and Bimal
Pratap Shah (kp 28/09/2018)
East
– West City: Nepal’s Tarai is turning into one endless
elongated metropolis, by Mukesh Pokhrel (nt
21/09/2018)
Creating
safe cities: Focus on open spaces, by Biranchi
Poudyal (ht 21/09/2018)
Haphazard
urbanisation: We have replicated the lack of planning,
squalor and chaos of Kathmandu all over Nepal, by
Sujeev Shakya (kp 11/09/2018)
The
future is urban: Development has focused on rural areas
for decades; it is now time to go urban, by Saurav
Raj Pant (kp 19/08/2018)
First
things first: Basics like transportation system and
drainage needs to be fixed before we talk about smart
cities, by Dinesh Malla (kp 03/08/2018)
Sustainable
development: What are Valley’s priorities?, by
Kripendra Amatya (ht 01/08/2018)
Save
open spaces around the country (rep 30/07/2018)
Govt
plans to build 15 new cities in ‘high hills' (ht
25/07/2018)
Preserving
Hanuman Dhoka: Heritage activists file contempt cases
(kp 20/07/2018)
Parks,
not parking lots: Exemplary community effort to restore
open space gives hope for a greener Kathmandu, by
Duksangh Sherpa (nt 20/07/2018)
Smart
city initiatives: Nepal urgently needs a city
development strategy to solve urban housing problems,
by Keshav Bhattarai (kp 20/07/2018)
Urban
concerns in Kathmandu: The newly elected government
needs to pay attention to developing open spaces in the
city, by Sushila Ghimire (kp 17/07/2018)
Urbanisation
eats up fertile fields in Kailali, by Mohan Budhayer
(kp 18/07/2018)
The
city
of woe: Kathmandu is failing to ensure its citizens
access to food, housing, transportation, education,
health care, and other basic necessities, by Udaya
R. Wagle (rep 18/07/2018)
Smart
Cities: Daydream or Reality?, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
05/07/2018), Smart
City Operation: Challenges and Possibilities, by
Keshav Bhattarai (rn 09/07/2018)
Living
in an unjust city: Democracy is measured by the state of
the sidewalk, not the number of wide roads, by
Prashanta Khanal (kp 01/07/2018)
Various
bodies continue occupying Khula Manch space, by
Biken K. Dawadi (rep 01/07/2018)
DPR
for four smart cities in valley within next year (ht
28/06/2018)
Quest
for smart cities: Learn from ancient towns, by Jiba
Raj Pokharel (ht 15/06/2018)
An
endless quest: Kathmandu is an enigmatic Shangri-La that
holds different meanings for different people. by
Abhi Subedi (kp 10/06/2018)
Fading
dream of ‘smart cities’, by Devendra Basnet (rep
23/05/2018)
Lessons
from
Narayanghat: The cities that have received government
attention and funding have fared worse than cities
developed by entrepreneurs, by Sujeev Shakya (kp
22/05/2018)
Remaking
Kathmandu:
Dwindling water supplies, pollution and changing local
climate are all indicators that Kathmandu valley is
nearing its carrying capacity, by Taylor Sienkievicz
(rep 14/05/2018)
What
will become of Kathmandu?, by Sumana Shrestha (rep
06/05/2018)
Reinventing
Kathmandu:
Kathmandu is no more like Kathmandu that we saw back
then. The city is expanding but it lacks character,
quality, and, most of all, beauty, by Devendra Nath
Gogal (rep 11/04/2018)
Placemaking
in Valley: Redefining public places, by Niharika
Mathema (ht 02/04/2018)
KMC
to plant 3,000 trees in city (ht 28/03/2018)
Kathmandu
Metropolis set to slap Rs23m fine on View Tower builder,
by Anup Ojha (kp 21/03/2018)
Urban-planning
fiasco: Citizens of Kathmandu should pressurise planners
to preserve and create open spaces, by Prawash Gautam
(kp 25/02/2018)
Urbanisation
eats into Kanchanpur’s arable land, by Bhawani Bhatta
(kp 18/02/2018)
Kathmandu
lessons: Kathmandu’s downfall has many lessons to offer in
selection and planning of provincial capitals, by
Prawash Gautam (kp 11/02/2018)
Ministry
rues poor investment in urban infrastructure, housing
(ht 11/02/2018)
NUDS
proposes complete waste collection coverage for urban
areas (ht 22/01/2018)
Urban
awakening:
Most of the urban growth in Nepal is happening at the cost
of fertile farmlands. Cities are using peripheral land for
urban related purposes (ht 22/01/2018)
Govt
mulls urban development plan for 185 municipalities
(ht 09/01/2018), Urban
planning:
While sustainability should be the approach while
implementing the urban development plan, policy makers
must focus also on developing regenerative cities
(ht 10/01/2018)
KVDA
selects consultant for two satellite cities in valley
(ht 08/01/2018), Govt
set
to hire consultant for ‘smart city’ plan: The authority
has allotted 10,000 ropanis from Gundu to Balkot, Changu
Narayan areas in Bhaktapur for developing ‘smart city',
by Anup Ojha (kp 09/01/2018)
Building
Kathmandu:
Tens of thousands of labourers flock to Kathmandu from
all parts of Nepal and beyond, driven by opportunities
to earn, by Marty Logan (nt 05/01/2018)
Housing
becoming unaffordable for the urban poor, says report:
42 per cent households live in rental housing in urban
areas (kp 03/01/2018)
Replicating
chaos: The unplanned development of Kathmandu has been
replicated all over the country, by Sujeev Shakya
(kp 02/01/2018)
Detailed
project report of three mega cities soon (ht
01/01/2017)
Developing
Smart Cities, by Bakmukunda Regmi (rn 30/12/2017)
Save
Kathmandu: Time to invest in other cities, by Vikash
Raj Satyal (ht 28/12/2017)
Rural-to-urban
migration to remain high (ht 25/12/2017)
Pollution,
unplanned development making life difficult in city
(ht 18/12/2017)
Urbanisation
leading to loss of cropped area (ht 15/12/2017)
Managing
street
entrepreneurs: For assimilation of street vendors in
urban planning, spaces must be viewed as
multi-functional areas, by Biranchi Poudyal (kp
12/12/2017)
Planning
of open spaces in urban areas crucial (ht 11/12/2017)
Better
Kathmandu (rep 02/12/2017), Losing
our bearings: Kathmandu Valley is turning into a grotesque
concrete jungle with construction of more houses and buildings,
by Bidhyalaxmi Maharjan (rep 02/12/2017)
Smart
cities: Facts to consider, by Rajan Subedi (ht 27/11/2017)
Lesson
for Nepal: What can Nepal learn from Chinese urbanization?
Planned urbanization was at the core of almost everything in
China, by Nick Maddock and Gloria Xiecun Li (rep
15/11/2017)
Metropolis
in decline: Once-grand Kathmandu has been ranked as the fifth
most polluted city in the world, by Kabi Adhikari (kp
10/11/2017), Sounding
the alarm: Delhi’s smog is a warning for all countries and
cities in Asia where the pollution level is high, by
Shyam KC (kp 10/11/2017)
KMC
plans green islands in city (kp 05/11/2017)
‘Expedite
development of satellite cities' (ht 26/10/2017)
Plan
to
make Thamel walk-only zone receives positive response: The
move is aimed at controlling air and noise
pollution and to ensure safety of the pedestrians, by
Chandan Kumar Mandal (kp 19/10/2017)
Prisoners
of Kathmandu: The city has become a sponge that soaks in
cultures, individuals, parties and spiritual questions, by
Abhi Subedi (kp 15/10/2017)
New
city plans move forward (kp 13/10/2017)
Smart
cities: New generation, by Pradip Khatiwada (ht
11/10/2017)
The
right steps: Kathmandu requires a bold vision to achieve a
model of development where benefits are equitably apportioned.
by Madhab Mathema (kp 10/10/2017)
Right
of way: Just fifteen years ago, Kathmandu was a walkable city.
Today, it has passed the point of no return, by Pranaya
SJB Rana (kp 07/10/2017)
Govt
to soon select firms to prepare DPR of planned smart cities
(ht 07/10/2017)
Experts
stress need for safer reconstruction in urban areas (ht
21/09/2017)
Authorities
demolishing illegal structures (ht 03/09/2017)
KMC
to demolish Bagh Durbar to construct new office building
(ht 02/09/2017)
Call
for more open spaces in Kathmandu (ht 31/08/2017)
Nepal’s
smart city dream, by Keshav Bhattarai (rep 06/08/2017)
Think
twice, it’s not alright: Kathmandu is fast turning into a
city that cannot be walked. In the winters, it is dust
and smoke; in the summers, it is the rains. And when you
cannot walk a city, you cannot really know it, by Pranaya
SJB Rana (kp 05/08/2017)
Diminishing
public space: Not just Tundikhel, every inch of public space
that is at risk of disappearing deserves reinvention, by
Urmi Sengupta (kp 24/07/2017)
Uninhabitable
Kathmandu, by Kushal Pokharel (rn 22/07/2017)
Plan
unveiled
to make KMC a smart city (ht 15/07/2017)
Designing
a
city without designing buildings, by Bijaya K. Shrestha
(ht 15/07/2017)
SDG
11
: Cities for all; We should harness the transformational power
of urbanisation for sustainable development, by Lajana
Manandhar (kp 11/07/2017)
Parking
vehicles
in Capital not a walk in the park: Shrinking parking
areas in expanding city concern many, by Anup Ojha
(kp 02/07/2017)
Ratna
Park
collects Rs10m in entry fees (kp 30/06/2017)
Fragmentation
of
Tundikhel: Open spaces and fields are among the
irreplaceable needs of sprawling cities like Kathmandu,
by Shyam KC (kp 30/06/2017)
Govt
to
select consultants for smart city master plans: Bid
documents submitted by various cos interested in
preparing the master plan for smart cities are being
evaluated (kp 25/06/2017)
Urban
development:
Undue pressure, by Santosh Gautam ((ht 23/06/2017)
Landowners’
protest
halts Tinkune park construction (kp 11/06/2017)
Lungs
of
Kathmandu: Resources should be channelled towards
existing green spaces instead embarking on unfeasible
new projects, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 04/06/2017)
Elusive
decentralisation:
Instead of turning Kathmandu into a mega city, we should
develop cities elsewhere, by Prashanta Khanal (kp
25/05/2017)
Govt
to
develop four satellite cities (ht 19/05/2017)
Affordable
housing
key to sustainable urban development (ht 18/05/2017)
Cabinet
endorses
govt plan of developing new town (kp 10/05/2017)
(Not
so)
Open Spaces, by Looza Mahaju (kp 22/04/2017)
Govt
sets
award for greenery promotion (ht 19/04/2017)
Satellite
cities:
Plan to build new town moves forward, by Sanjeev
Giri (kp 15/04/2017)
KMC
to
construct park at Tinkune (kp 13/04/2017)
NUDS
lays
emphasis on physical planning aspect (ht 06/04/2017)
Kathmandu
third
most expensive city in SA (ht 28/03/2017)
Pace
of
urbanisation rapid in Nepal, says report (ht
26/03/2017)
Govt’s
urban
strategy aims to create desirable living conditions
(ht 15/03/2017)
Over
15 new cities in the pipeline, by Ram Hari Gajurel
(rep 07/03/2017)
No
land
for tree plantation campaign, says KMC (ht
06/03/2017)
Satellite
city
plan likely to be passed by March, by Sanjeev Giri
(kp 23/02/2017)
NA
building
at Tundikhel attracts public criticism, by Anupm
Ojha (kp 10/02/2017)
Fate
of
Oriental II, Park View apts to be decided by mid-March,
by Sanjeev Giri (kp 01/02/2017)
Ranipokhari
to
become recreation site (kp 25/01/2017)
Kathmandu
promenade:
The city was never daunting and had no magnanimity as
such, but it emerged from walking, by Abhi Subedi
(kp 22/01/2017)
Ministry
tells Valley municipalities to enforce building code,
by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 21/01/2017)
Digital
technology:
Data-driven urban development, by Pradip Khatiwada
(ht 18/01/2017)
Stick
to
code: Due to lack of adequate open spaces in the city
areas many died from crumbling buildings in the recent
earthquakes (ht 17/01/2017)
Kathmandu
to
be transformed into ‘smart city’ (ht 03/12/2016)
Relocation
of
squatters in Valley in limbo (ht 27/11/2016)
Kathmandu
view
tower: KMC to scrap contract with Jaleshwor, by Anup
Ojha (kp 19/11/2016)
KVDA
gets
UN aid to make Valley green (kp 10/11/2016)
Learn
From Delhi, by Shyam KC (kp 09/11/2016)
New
provisions
of house rental agreement enacted (ht 06/11/2016)
Dante’s
Inferno:
Crises brought about by rapid urbanisation can only be
managed through right application of technology, by
Bimal Pratap Shah and Shyan Kirat Rai (kp 30/10/2016)
Walls
are
closing in: With an environmental impact assessment for
the proposed 12-storey Kathmandu View Tower still in
waiting, locals are questioning if the development
project should have even come this far, by Dipesh
Khatiwada (kp 08/10/2016)
Pvt
sector
urged to maintain high quality in urban infrastructure
(ht 30/09/2016)
Far-west
municipalities
constantly failing to attain open defaecation free
status (ht 15/09/2016)
30
parks
built around 28-km Bagmati corridor (kp 12/09/2016)
Wide
open
spaces, by Smriti Basnet (nt 29/07/2016)
City
2.0:
There is a need to ‘re-think’ cities in order to make
urbanisation a positive and productive transformation,
by Manish Pokharel and Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 24/07/2016)
‘Road,
house
map criteria flouted’ (kp 18/07/2016)
Plight
Of Kathmandu, by Uttam Maharjan (rn 07/07/2016)
Space
and
the city: More open spaces need to be identified,
protected and conserved not only in Kathmandu but also
in other cities, by Jitendra Bohara (kp 05/07/2016)
KMC
comes
up with ‘one ward, one park’ plan, by Anup Ojha (kp
03/07/2016)
What
of
green fields? Not shielding open spaces from urban
encroachment has deprived children of all-round
development, by Shyam KC (kp 01/07/2016)
Haphazard
urbanization hits paddy production, by Santosh
Pokhrel (rep 29/06/2016)
Govt
fails
to relocate squatters in Valley, by Pramod Kumar
Tandan (ht 24/06/2016)
Mega
cities
planned for all 7 provinces, by Anil Giri (kp
21/06/2016)
Space
and
the city: Managing urbanisation does not seem to be a
concern in the country; While the government is
converting villages into municipalities at a rapid
pace, it also needs to look at strong
governance structures in these municipalities,
by Sujeev Shakya (kp 21/06/2016)
Govt
starts
work on ‘Satellite City’ (kp 17/06/2016)
Municipalities
in
name only, by Raju Adhikari (rep 14/06/2016)
Jhapa
losing
fertile farmland to rampant urban development, by
Parbat Portel (kp 04/06/2016)
Six
new
parks to be constructed in Kathmandu (rep
26/05/2016)
Better
Upbringing, by Shyam KC (rn 03/05/2016)
Chaotic
Kathmandu:
It was Rip Van Winkle-level of shock to learn that there
are 20 municipalities in the valley, by Hemant
Arjyal (rep 26/04/2016)
A
city divided: Last year’s earthquake—that forced most
Kathmandu’s residents to live in tents and makeshift
tarp shelters—has not helped the city empathise with the
deplorable conditions of its squatter communities,
by Alisha Sijapati (kp 16/04/2016)
Street
smart:
Planned cities in the mid-hills should not repeat the
mistakes of car-centric Kathmandu, by Dristy Shrestha
(kp 14/04/2016)
KMC
plans
to phase out slaughterhouses in Valley: Authorities
propose importing packaged meat to deal with the problem
of slaughterhouse wastes, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
11/04/2016)
Making
it
through the storm: Sustainable urbanisation is essential
to protect cities against future natural disasters, by
Shova Kumari Yadav and Ajaya Dixit (kp 28/03/2016)
Urban
development
Determinants and devices, by Girish P. Pant (ht
21/03/2016)
Digitisation
of
building blueprints underway (kp 17/03/2016)
Construction
of
Kathmandu View Tower to commence today, by Gaurav
Thapa (kp 13/03/2016)
Building
better
cities: There is still a looming possibility that if
building codes continue to be ignored, as they have been
in the past due to both corruption and laxness, Kathmandu
will not fare well in the next big one, by Sophia L.
Pandey (kp 13/03/2016)
Kathmandu
dreams:
In 2030, many of Kathmandu's five million-plus residents
will live in residential zones on the outskirts of the old
Ring Road; Kathmandu will have transformed into an
energy-plus city, by Ujwal Thapa and Raj Maharjan (rep
08/03/2016)
Life
in
metro: Problems define life in the metro; Water shortage,
fuel crisis, inflation and black-marketing suffocate us,
by Durga Gautam (rep 29/02/2016)
MoFALD
preparing
plan for urban areas (ht 22/02/2016)
KMC,
DoR
resume demolition drive (kp 21/02/2016)
Redesigning
our
cities: Newar cities offer important insights in the
context of climate change mitigation and sustainability,
by Dristy Shrestha (kp 21/02/2016)
Dev
coordination
in Capital remains idle, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
11/02/2016)
Urban
regeneration
in core city areas: KMC offers integrated zero-cost
accommodations to residents of old, shaken neighbourhoods,
by Gaurav Thapa (kp 03/02/2016)
Metropolis
to
chalk out environment mgmt policy and action plan (kp
17/01/2016)
A
journey into Thamel: There has been a growing interest in
Thamel, its past and its mystery, by Abhi Subedi (kp
10/01/2016)
City
planners
mull greater metropolis: The efforts are in line with
administrative structures of big metropolises around the
world like New York City and London, by Gaurav Thapa
(kp 08/01/2016), Valley
municipal
chiefs agree on forming a single mega city: Municipal
chiefs bring out a 10-point ‘Godavari Declaration 2015’,
urging political, legal and legislative provisions for
restructuring different administrative units, by
Gaurav Thapa (kp 10/01/2016), Valley
to
be developed as metro city soon (ht 13/01/2016)
Real
state
sector: KVDA okays more than 200 projects, by Gaurav
Thapa (kp 13/12/2015)
KMC
launches
online tool for efficiency, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
07/12/2015)
Renovated
Ratna
Park receives 106,734 visitors in four months (kp
01/11/2015), Valley’s
Ratna
Park to have child, disabled-friendly toilets (kp
03/11/2015)
Symposium
on
urban safety begins (ht 30/10/2015)
Balaju
park
wears a deserted look, by Anup Ojha (kp 23/09/2015)
Govt
declares
26 new municipalities, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
19/09/2015)
Illegal
settlement
sprawl risks up: Mainly attributed to lack of post-quake
urban planning, by Thomas Bogaty (ht 15/09/2015)
KMC
forms
technical committee to study ground coverage, floor area
ratio (ht 08/09/2015)
Art
and
the city: Demolition of traditional structures in
Kathmandu in the name of urban planning will be tantamount
to cultural suicide, by Devendra Nath Gongal (kp
02/09/2015)
City
And Security Concerns, by Prem Khatry (rn 25/08/2015)
A
blueprint for the heart of the city: The denizens of Ason
and the surrounding areas want to rebuild their locality
with the help of the KMC. The plan calls for replacing
older standalone houses with integrated housing blocks,
by Gaurav Thapa (kp 22/08/2015)
Kathmandu
among
cities where liveability has improved the most (ht
19/08/2015)
‘Conserve
open
spaces’ (kp 16/08/2015)
Shangri-La:
If
society’s ethics are not aligned with the deep constraints
of our planet, it will eventually find itself in an
irreversible environmental change that is hostile to our
species, by Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 16/08/2015)
Space
and
the city: The re-opened Ratna Park should serve as an
example for existing parks (kp 11/08/2015)
Lalitpur
parks
to upgrade greenery (kp 09/08/2015)
Valley
greenery
excites residents, by Anup Ojha (kp 07/08/2015)
Rs
10
million allotted for urban regeneration, by Thomas
Bogaty (ht 04/08/2015)
KMC
seeks
help from public to revive greenery in the Valley, by
Thomas Bogaty (ht 03/08/2015)
Big
cities:
Urban development requires combined efforts of government
and residents (kp 28/07/2015)
Unplanned
growth
harming urban evnironment: Govt (kp 21/07/2015)
KMC
dumps
budget for rooftop farming (ht 20/07/2015)
Experts
stress
better urban planning to develop liveable cities (ht
19/07/2015)
Govt
has
plans galore for develpment of capital (ht 18/07/2015)
Way
to
planned urbanisation, by Sujata Awale (ht 18/07/2015)
KMC
to
develop three parks as revenue source, by Anup Ojha
(kp 18/07/2015)
KMC
to
create more open spaces in Kathmandu (ht 16/07/2015)
Encroachment
on
Bagmati continues: 4,000 structures built from Gokarna to
Chobhar (ht 12/07/2015)
Green
Kathmandu
project: Delay in road reconstruction hampers KMC campaign,
by Thomas Bogaty (ht 10/07/2015)
Ratna
Park
re-opens after renovation, by Anup Ojha (kp
01/07/2015)
Livable
cities:
High-rises can accomodate large numbers of people per acre
but they undermine livability and destroy social fabric of
cities, by Prashanta Khanal (rep 22/06/2016)
KMC
mulling
over urban regeneration targeting core areas of city,
by Thomas Bogaty (kp 16/06/2015)
Lesson
of
the earthquake: Remodelling Kathmandu, by Megharaj
Adhikari (kp 28/05/2015), Space
to
breathe: Great Quake must change the way we plan and
develop our cities (kp 29/05/2015), Demolishing
Kathmandu
to rebuild it: Nepal lacks proper technology, equipment
and technicians for large scale demolition of
earthquake-damaged infrastructure, by Sahina Shrestha
(nt 29/05/2015)
Our
primary
focus will be on public safety: KVDA (ht 27/05/2015)
Cities
of
the future: The earthquake is an opportunity for the govt
to transform devastated cities into smart ones, by
Chang-Hak Choi and Bimal Pratap Shah (kp 17/05/2015)
Creation
of
new municipalities: Challenges for sustainability, by
Suman Kumar Karna (ht 30/04/2015)
Challenges
aplenty
in Nepal’s urbanization, by Kishore Thapa (rep
24/04/2015)
Control
The
Chaos, by Shyam K.C. (rn 21/04/2015)
Entrepreneurs
in
Pokhara Lakeside constructing tall buildings illegally,
by Santosh Pokharel (rep 20/04/2015)
Ratna
Park
opening delayed by two weeks (kp 16/04/2015)
Visual
pollution:
Kathmandu and Lalitpur’s billboards are a public safety
threat; they need regular inspection, by Sophia K.
Tamot (kp 07/04/2015)
Dispute
over
compensation delays Tinkune park project, by Anup Ojha
(kp 01/04/2015), Tinkune
Green
Park construction in limbo (ht 24/04/2015)
Rural
municipalities, by Kai Weise (ht 28/03/2015)
Metropolis
all
set to start rooftop garden training (ht 22/03/2015)
Park
turns
into hangout place for drunks, drug users, by Anup
Ojha (kp 20/03/2015)
Thamel,
Durbarmarg
to open 24 hrs soon (kp 17/03/2015)
Kathmandu
faces
faecal sludge mgmt challenge (kp 17/03/2015)
20-year
plan
sought for Valley (ht 07/03/2015)
A
concrete chaos, by Zahra Sen (kp 21/02/2015)
Valley
authorities
plan new parks, open spaces (kp 12/02/2015)
KVDA
to
Finish 11km corridor by next year (kp 10/02/2015)
Bright
lights,
big cities: Nepal urgently needs an urban development
strategy that will steer urbanisation away from good
quality agricultural land, by Keshav Bhattarai (kp
10/02/2015)
City
beautification
projects: Valley authorities unable to look after
newly-planted trees (kp 05/02/2015)
Ratna
Park
getting ready to welcome visitors from March (ht
05/02/2015)
2,806
new
houses built in 18 months, by Gaurav Thapa (kp
05/02/2015)
Sandikharka
declares
moratorium on plotting, by Birendra KC (kp 05/02/2015)
Perks
of
parks: For a fertile valley surrounded by forested hills,
Kathmandu suffers from absence of green space, by
Aashis Raj Joshi (rep 31/01/2015), Longing
for
green: Historical records show many urban dwellers
preserve heritage and historic remains to make city
architecture and landscape close to nature, by Keshav
Bhattarai (rep 02/02/2015)
Cities
without
addresses: The marked absence of street addresses in
Kathmandu points to a persistence of traditional dwellings,
by Gérard Toffin (kp 26/01/2015)
Housing
development
takes over paddy fields: Fertile fields along the main
highway and auxiliary roads in Morang, sunsari and Jhapa
can be seen left uncultivated for residential development,
by Binod Bhandari (kp 24/01/2015)
Municipality
withoutproper
infrastructure: Locals say they are yet to see
development (ht 18/01/2015)
Experts
warn
against unplanned urbanization, by Sangeet Sangroula
(rep 17/01/2015)
Old
infrastructures
pose challenge to 'new Birgunj', by Ritesh Tripathi
(rep 15/01/2015)
Managing
urbanization:
Urban location is assumed to be an engine for economic
growth and possibly the only development mantra for
poverty alleviation, by Keshav Bhattarai (rep
12/01/2015)
My
city
of ruins: I don’t feel the same about this city anymore,
by Pranaya Shamsher JB Rana (kp 10/01/2015)
City
beautification:
Govt delay to release funds affects work, say authorities
(kp 08/01/2015) |